Patient-reported outcome measures and physical function following head and neck lymphedema - a systematic review.

Purpose: Head and neck cancer (HNC) treatments often lead to significant morbidity, including lymphedema. This systematic review aims to comprehensively explore the prevalence and impact of head and neck lymphedema (HNL) following treatment.

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted up to September 2023.

A new indocyanine green fluorescence lymphography protocol for diagnostic assessment of lower limb lymphoedema.

Introduction: The lower limbs are a common body site affected by chronic edema. Imaging examination of the lymphatic system is useful to diagnose lymphoedema, identify structural changes in individuals, and guide interventional strategies. In this study, we used a protocol combining indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography and ICG-guided manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) for the diagnostic assessment of lower limb lymphoedema.

Mandibular cortical shape index in non-standardised panoramic radiographs for identifying patients with osteoporosis as defined by the German Osteology Organization.

The aim of this prospective controlled study was to determine the validity of the mandibular cortical shape index (CI) on panoramic radiographs in distinguishing patients with osteoporosis as defined by the German Osteology Organization (Dachverbands der Deutschsprachigen Osteologischen Fachgesellschaften, DVO). The study group contained 50 patients (33 female, 17 male, mean age: 74.9 years), who had a high risk of osteoporosis.

Long-term donor-site morbidity after microsurgical fibular graft: is there a difference between the medial approach and the lateral approach?

Purpose: Microvascular fibula harvesting for osseous reconstruction is a valuable aid in maxillofacial surgery. We assessed whether the lateral and the medial harvesting techniques differed with respect to long-term donor-site morbidity.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients who had undergone free fibula harvesting at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, between 1987 and 2008.

Long-term follow-up of blowout fractures of the orbital floor reconstructed with a polyglactin 910/PDS implant.

Purpose: Resorbable alloplastic materials are used in many surgical applications. This retrospective study evaluated the clinical outcome after reconstruction of traumatic orbital floor defects using a polyglactin 910/PDS implant (Ethisorb™).

Patients And Methods: Seventy patients with isolated blowout fractures of the orbital floor resulting in defect sizes of up to 2.